1997 Qatar Open – Doubles
# 1997 Qatar Open – Doubles

Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions but did not compete that year.

Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis won in the final 6–3, 6–2 against Patrik Fredriksson and Magnus Norman.

## Seeds

* Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis (champions)
* Peter Nyborg / Libor Pimek (first round)
* Guillaume Raoux / Javier Sánchez (first round)
* Hendrik Jan Davids / Sjeng Schalken (quarterfinals)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | T El-Sawy S Simian | 4 | 4 | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | T Henman J Siemerink | 6 | 6 | | | T Henman J Siemerink | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | T Enqvist M Larsson | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| 3 | G Raoux J Sánchez | 6 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | K Braasch S Groen | 3 | 4 | | | | |
| | K Braasch S Groen | 3 | 7 | 6 | | K Braasch S Groen | 1 | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | D Johnson L Paes | 3 | 7 | 1 | | P Korda P McEnroe | 6 | 3 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | P Korda P McEnroe | 6 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 1 | J Eltingh P Haarhuis | 6 | 6 |
| Q | P Fredriksson M Norman | 6 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | Q | P Fredriksson M Norman | 3 | 2 |
| WC | J Courier M Stich | 4 | 6 | 5 | Q | P Fredriksson M Norman | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | M Barnard A Richardson | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | H J Davids S Schalken | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | H J Davids S Schalken | 3 | 7 | 6 | | | | | | Q | P Fredriksson M Norman | 6 | 7 | | | | |
| WC | K Alami H Arazi | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | L Jensen M Jensen | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| | S Noteboom F Wibier | 3 | 4 | | WC | K Alami H Arazi | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Jensen M Jensen | 2 | 7 | 6 | | L Jensen M Jensen | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | P Nyborg L Pimek | 6 | 5 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
